Wednesday, November 7, 2012

The 30 m antenna saga

Last number of days my 30 m dipole was misbehaving. It was fine on some days and very bad on wet and high humidity days. I had problem like this before - it was water in the coax. So I've prepared myself for a coaxial cable replacement.

When I've unscrewed the cable from the balun box... it looked like new so I decided to check the balun (good housekeeping - service all parts).

Well.... the toroid was cooked... blistered paint and a little crack which the photo does not show.
Where do I get a new toroid in a hurry???